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Albert County, New Brunswick

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Albert County (2016 population 29,158)[1] is New Brunswick's third-youngest county, located on the Western side of the Petitcodiac River on the Chignecto Bay in the Bay of Fundy; the shire town is Hopewell Cape. The county was established in 1845 from parts of Westmorland County and Saint John County, and named after Prince Albert.[2] Since the abolition of county municipal governments in 1967, its best-known use is as a census division.

The mineral albertite was discovered a few miles away in 1849, giving rise to Albert Mines.[3]

Census subdivisions

Municipalities

There are four municipalities within Albert County (listed by 2016 population):[4]

Parishes

The county's six parishes serve as rural census subdivisions, which do not include the municipalities within them (listed by 2016 population):[4]

Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Albert County had a population of 30,749 living in 12,913 of its 13,476 total private dwellings, a change of 5.5% from its 2016 population of 29,158. With a land area of 1,806.23 km2 (697.39 sq mi), it had a population density of 17.0/km2 (44.1/sq mi) in 2021.[6]

Canada census – Albert community profile
References: 2021[7] 2016[4] 2011[8] earlier[9][10]

Language

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits:[11]

Protected areas and attractions

Sunset over the Bay of Fundy near Waterside

Notable people

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Population is rounded in census for privacy reasons.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Census Profile, 2016 Census Albert, County, New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  2. ^ Hamilton, William Baillie (1996). Place Names of Atlantic Canada. University of Toronto Press. p. 43. ISBN 0-8020-7570-3.
  3. ^ Hamilton, William (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan. p. 70. ISBN 0-7715-9754-1.
  4. ^ a b c "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  5. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  6. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  7. ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  8. ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  9. ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
  10. ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
  11. ^ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7

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